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    Perseus with the Head of Medusa is a bronze sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini located in Florence, Italy. It depicts the Greek myth of Perseus holding the head of the slain Medusa. The base has relief panels depicting the story of Perseus and Andromeda. Venus by Joseph Nollekens illustrates the ancient Greek myth of the Judgment of Paris, where Paris judged which goddess - Minerva, Juno, or Venus - was the most beautiful. The sculpture can be viewed from multiple angles. John Flaxman was commissioned to create a monument to British naval hero Lord Horatio Nelson after his death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Flaxman

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    Perseus with the Head of Medusa is a bronze sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini located in Florence, Italy. It depicts the Greek myth of Perseus holding the head of the slain Medusa. The base has relief panels depicting the story of Perseus and Andromeda. Venus by Joseph Nollekens illustrates the ancient Greek myth of the Judgment of Paris, where Paris judged which goddess - Minerva, Juno, or Venus - was the most beautiful. The sculpture can be viewed from multiple angles. John Flaxman was commissioned to create a monument to British naval hero Lord Horatio Nelson after his death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Flaxman

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    Perseus with the Head of Medusa is a bronze sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini located in Florence, Italy. It depicts the Greek myth of Perseus holding the head of the slain Medusa. The base has relief panels depicting the story of Perseus and Andromeda. Venus by Joseph Nollekens illustrates the ancient Greek myth of the Judgment of Paris, where Paris judged which goddess - Minerva, Juno, or Venus - was the most beautiful. The sculpture can be viewed from multiple angles. John Flaxman was commissioned to create a monument to British naval hero Lord Horatio Nelson after his death at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Flaxman

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    TITLE: PERSEUS AND THE HEAD OF MEDUSA

    NAME OF THE SCULPTUR Benvenuto Cellini

    Perseus with the Head of Medusa is a bronze sculpture made by Benvenuto Cellini in the period 1545–
    1554. The sculpture stands on a square base which has bronze relief panels depicting the story of
    Perseus and Andromeda, similar to a predella on an altarpiece. It is located in the Loggia dei Lanzi in the
    Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy.

    TITLE: VENUS

    NAME OF SCULPTOR: JOSEPH NOLLEKENS

    Carved fully in the round, the figure provides views from multiple angles.
    Along with statues of Minerva and Juno, Venus illustrates the subject of the
    Judgment of Paris, drawn from ancient mythology, when Paris was asked to
    judge which of the three goddesses was the most beautiful.
    TITLE: ADMIRAL HORATIO

    NAME OF SCULPTOR: JOHN FLAXMAN

    Flaxman was commissioned to create this monument to naval hero Lord


    Horatio Nelson after his death during the battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
    Flaxman's inspirations for the work come from a number of different
    sources connected to Nelson's reputation, career and iconic status within
    British society.

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